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This Week in History: 20 March 2003 The Iraq war begins

On the evening of 18 March 2003, Tony Blair won support to join UK troops in the American invasion of Iraq. Despite the motion being passed by 412 votes to…

This Week in History: First attempted assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia

On 4 April 1866, Alexander II became the target of the first assassination attempt on a Russian Tsar. The Emperor had dedicated his reign to a string of domestic reforms…

La La Land

Damien Chazelle’s La La Land has attracted a mass of attention since its release in the UK on 13th January. There was praise for the whole project at the Golden…

This week in history: the birth of Bruce Springsteen

Turning 67 on 23rd September, Bruce Springsteen is about to release his autobiography, tipped to earn perhaps the highest ever pay-out for a music memoir. The lead up to Born…

This Week in History: the unlikely demise of Isadora Duncan

This week 89 years ago, bohemian dancer and advocate of free love Isadora Duncan was killed in an unlikely turn of events. Described by Jack Anderson in 2008 as ‘the…

This week in history: the introduction of ‘OK’ into national vernacular

On 23 March, 1839, the term ‘OK’ was published in the Boston Morning Press. We may not usually think about the words we use in everyday conversation, but before ‘OK’…

Scotland’s statues reflect lack of gender diversity

Overwhelming under-representation of women in Edinburgh’s statues has led to criticism, after it was found that there were more statues of animals than women in the capital. While there are…